1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,
Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for
us. 2Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take
thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we
may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3And one said, Be
pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I
will go. 4So he went with them. And when they came to
the Jordan, they cut down wood. 5But as one was felling
a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said,
Alas, my master! for it was borrowed. 6And the man of
God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut
down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
7And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his
hand, and took it.

8Now the king of Syria was warring
against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In
such and such a place shall be my camp. 9And the man of
God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not
such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down. 10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told
him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor
twice. 11And the heart of the king of Syria was sore
troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto
them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king;
but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of
Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

14Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host:
and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the
city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we
do? 16And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with
us are more than they that are with them. 17And Elisha
prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha. 18And when they came down to him, Elisha
prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha. 19And Elisha said unto them, This is not the
way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to
the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.

20And
it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah
opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst
of Samaria. 21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha,
when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest
thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and
with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and
drink, and go to their master. 23And he prepared great
provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them
away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no
more into the land of Israel.

24And it came to pass
after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and
went up, and besieged Samaria. 25And there was a great
famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's
head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of
a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26And as
the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman
unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27And he said,
If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the
threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? 28And the king
said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said
unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat
my son to-morrow. 29So we boiled my son, and did eat
him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may
eat him; and she hath hid her son. 30And it came to
pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his
clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

32But
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with
him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger
came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a
murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger
cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not
the sound of his master's feet behind him? 33And while
he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait
for Jehovah any longer?

7 2 Kings 7

1And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus
saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine
flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
in the gate of Samaria. 2Then the captain on whose hand
the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if
Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he
said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.

3Now there were four leprous men at the
entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here
until we die? 4If we say, We will enter into the city,
then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we
sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall
unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live;
and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5And they rose up
in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they
were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold,
there was no man there. 6For the Lord had made the host
of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses,
even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo,
the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites,
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled
for their life. 8And when these lepers came to the
outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and
drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went
and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and
carried thence also, and went and hid it.

9Then they
said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good
tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light,
punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell
the king's household. 10So they came and called unto the
porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp
of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice
of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as
they were. 11And he called the porters; and they told it
to the king's household within. 12And the king arose in
the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the
Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are
they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying,
When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get
into the city. 13And one of his servants answered and
said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain,
which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of
Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of
Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see. 14They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent
after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15And
they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full
of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their
haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

16And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of
barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah. 17And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have
the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate,
and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came
down to him. 18And it came to pass, as the man of God
had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel,
and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about
this time in the gate of Samaria; 19and that captain
answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should
make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold,
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof:
20it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon
him in the gate, and he died.

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